looking back, snake was acting and feeling/thinking like raiden before he revealed the truth behind the scenes, and started his own decisions and missions.
they were both puppet from the start, only snake, uncovered it himself, unlike Raiden who was guided by snake[and otacon?]

okay, for those guys who wants to have an RP about this, here's the link:
[RP] the Millenium Conspiracy

ahaha! will you be turning this into an rp instead? or this would still be a separate thread?